Chairmen of 52 departments of Rajshahi University start work abstention today protesting assault on Vice-Chancellor Professor Muhammad Mizanuddin allegedly by some local Awami League leaders and a lawmaker.
President of Chairman Council, a platform of 52 departmental heads of the university, Prof Harun-Ar-Rashid, said the decision was made in an executive committee meeting of the council yesterday.
He said they would refrain themselves from performing duties in protest at the incident of assaulting vice-chancellor so that none could dare to do such heinous acts in the prestigious higher educational institution.
However, pre-schduled examinations of different departments would be held during the work abstention.
He also demanded proper actions against the ruling party leaders and a lawmaker for dishonoring the VC and teachers of the university.
Earlier, the platform sought intervention of university’s Chancellor President Abdul Hamid for taking steps to resolve the ongoing crisis on the campus.
Students of sociology department yesterday also boycotted classes demanding stern actions against perpetrators.
On 16 April, a group of local leaders led by the ruling party’s Rajshahi city unit General Secretary Dablu Sarker and Vice-President Shahadat Hossain barged to the office of RU VC Prof Muhammad Mizanuddin. Then, they demanded recruitment of their preferred candidates as employees and officers in different university posts.
However, when VC said the recruitment process would take place as per the university rules, the ruling party men started hurling abusive words at him. During the incident, the leaders also physically assaulted science faculty Dean Prof Habibur Rahman and RU Student Adviser Prof Sadequl Arefin Matin while the teachers come forward to calm down them.
